{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "adobe-photoshop-api", "name": "Adobe Photoshop API", "vendor": "Adobe", "vendorUrl": "https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/", "kind": "http-api", "category": "design-assets", "summary": "Photoshop as an async REST service inside Firefly Services.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-photoshop-api", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-photoshop-api.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-photoshop-api.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/adobe-photoshop-api.json", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://photoshop-api.adobe.io", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@adobe/photoshop-apis" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth server-to-server credentials from the Adobe Developer Console. Exchange client ID and secret at https://ims-na1.adobelogin.com/ims/token/v3 (scopes openid, AdobeID, read_organizations) for a 24-hour bearer token, then send it with the client ID in x-api-key. Inputs and outputs are pre-signed URLs on your own storage.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No public price list and no self-serve plan. Access needs an active enterprise contract that includes Firefly Services, arranged through an Adobe representative. Creative Cloud plans don't include API access (https://business.adobe.com/products/firefly-business.html).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Enterprise contract billing only. No x402 in the docs or OpenAPI spec (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 498, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AdobeDocs/ffs-photoshop-API/main/static/photoshopv2-api.json", "capabilities": [ "image.edit", "design.templates", "design.render" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "enterprise", "openapi", "async-jobs", "webhooks" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 43.9, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 879, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 36, "maintenance": 42, "payments": 0, "reliability": 55, "schema": 70, "security": 62, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-01. Two months after the v1 end of life on 2026-07-31, the getting-started page's first API call is still https://image.adobe.io/pie/psdService/hello, and the actions and rendering guides still show v1 /pie/psdService endpoints with no deprecation notice. The only official SDK, @adobe/photoshop-apis 2.0.1, calls v1 paths only. https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/getting-started/ and https://github.com/AdobeDocs/ffs-photoshop-API" ], "verdict": "Edits real PSDs, including text layers, smart objects, layer effects, groups and artboards. Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up, free tier or public price.", "bestFor": "Enterprise creative operations already on Adobe that automate PSD templating, actions and retouching at volume.", "strengths": [ "Edits real PSDs, including text layers, smart objects, layer effects, groups and artboards", "Runs Photoshop actions and UXP scripts server side", "Public OpenAPI 3.0.1 spec for v2 and a Markdown migration guide written for AI assistants", "Documented per-organisation limits and retry rules, including retry-after on 429", "OAuth server-to-server credentials with 24-hour tokens, and a signed security.txt with a bug bounty" ], "weaknesses": [ "Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up, free tier or public price", "The getting-started page and the official SDK still call v1 endpoints that reached end of life on 2026-07-31", "The release notes page has no entries, so changes are visible only in the docs repo", "Adobe's usage notes say error messages may not be helpful", "Every input and output is a pre-signed URL on your own storage" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call v2 paths on photoshop-api.adobe.io. Remove background and its status live on image.adobe.io", "Skip @adobe/photoshop-apis and the getting-started curl, which still target v1 /pie/psdService paths", "Poll /v2/status/{jobId} or subscribe to I/O Events, since every call returns a job", "Retry only 5xx and 429, using retry-after and at most three attempts", "Cache the IMS token and refresh it before 24 hours run out" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 1.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 43.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 36, "maintenance": 42, "payments": 0, "reliability": 55, "schema": 70, "security": 62, "transparency": 32 }, "provenanceScore": 86 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://image.adobe.io/v2/remove-background \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $PS_FF_SERVICES_ACCESS_TOKEN\" -H \"x-api-key: $PS_FF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"image\":{\"source\":{\"url\":\"\u003csigned_get_url\u003e\"}},\"mode\":\"cutout\",\"output\":{\"mediaType\":\"image/png\"}}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/image.edit", "tool": "https://letme.dev/adobe-photoshop-api" }, "sameCompany": [ "adobe-firefly", "adobe-pdf-extract", "adobe-commerce", "adobe-acrobat-sign" ], "area": "design-diagrams", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Adobe Inc.", "domain": "adobe.com", "domainRegistered": "1986-11-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html", "privacy": "https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy.html", "statusPage": "https://status.adobe.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The API is served from photoshop-api.adobe.io and image.adobe.io, Adobe's developer API domain, not adobe.com", "The v2 OpenAPI spec is published in the AdobeDocs/ffs-photoshop-API GitHub repo", "The release notes page at developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/guides/release-notes/ has a heading and no entries as of 2026-10-01", "security.txt is PGP-signed, expires 2027-07-30 and lists an Intigriti bug bounty" ], "score": 86 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-photoshop-api.json", "live": { "slug": "adobe-photoshop-api", "probe": { "target": "https://photoshop-api.adobe.io", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:54:44.761379573Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 59, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 62, "p95ms24h": 134, "samples24h": 249, "samples30d": 2466, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 30, "ok": 30 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.adobe.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T10:02:50.202814968Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@adobe/photoshop-apis", "version": "2.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:36:37.553174539Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 321, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://adobe.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-07-30T01:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:40:12.654656852Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "adobe.com", "registered": "1986-11-17", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/adobe.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:03:40.934529293Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/guides/release-notes/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-01T13:12:05.524417157Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "af0d1bcf59a1" }, { "url": "https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/getting-started/deprecation-announcement/", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:35:08.050900255Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "964e96b3de59" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:54:44.761379573Z" } }, "answer": "APITemplate.io scores 46.6 (D) on agent readiness against Adobe Photoshop API's 43.9 (E), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Adobe Photoshop API leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "apitemplate-io", "name": "APITemplate.io", "vendor": "Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd", "vendorUrl": "https://apitemplate.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "design-assets", "summary": "APITemplate.io generates PDF documents and JPEG or PNG images from reusable templates filled with JSON data, and converts HTML, Markdown or a web page to PDF. Agents call its REST API with an API key.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apitemplate-io", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apitemplate-io.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apitemplate-io.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/apitemplate-io.json", "license": "Proprietary service under APITemplate.io's Terms of Use. The SDK repositories have no licence file, and the Python client's `setup.py` names Apache 2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Calls send an API key in the `X-API-KEY` header, or as `Authorization: Token \u003ckey\u003e`. A browser signup at app.apitemplate.io creates the key, self-serve, and it can be regenerated under API Integration. Each team has its own key, separate from the personal one. No scopes or read-only keys were found. Direct URL image links carry a per-template `auth` code in the query string, with a quota and an expiry.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The free plan gives 50 images or PDFs a month and 3 templates with no card, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. PDF-only plans run from $24 a month for 3,000 PDFs to $179 for 25,000, and image and PDF plans from $35 for 1,500 files to $179 for 20,000, billed monthly. Annual billing is up to 20 per cent less. Overage billing exists only on Enterprise plans by request, with no rate published (checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "$24 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Monthly subscriptions paid through Stripe. No x402, MPP or L402 in the API description, the docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 0, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://apitemplate.io/docs/", "openapi": "https://apitemplateio.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/redoc_apiv2/apitemplateiov2_api.yaml", "capabilities": [ "design.templates", "design.render", "pdf.generate", "pdf.convert", "pdf.merge" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "openapi", "no-card", "async-jobs", "webhooks", "images", "pdf", "regional-endpoints", "status-page", "sla" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 46.6, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 850, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 49, "maintenance": 11, "payments": 30, "reliability": 65, "schema": 52, "security": 53, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-09. Two vendor documentation pages disagree on regional endpoints. The first-request guide (https://apitemplate.io/docs/getting-started/first-api-request) lists `rest.apitemplate.io` as the US default with `rest-eu` and `rest-sg` hosts. The API reference and REST guide (https://apitemplate.io/docs/integrations/rest-api) list it as the Singapore default with `rest-de` and `rest-us`. The vendor says data is processed and stored in the region of the endpoint, so the conflict affects data residency. We did not test which hostnames resolve. 2 points." ], "verdict": "A public OpenAPI description covers 12 operations, with rate limits, four regional endpoints and a 99.9 per cent uptime SLA published. Each account or team has one unscoped API key, no changelog or deprecation notices were found, the SDK repositories date from September 2023, and two documentation pages name different regional hostnames.", "bestFor": "Owners who need invoices, certificates, reports and social images filled from templates, with HTML, URL and Markdown to PDF on the same key and a choice of storage region.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.0.0 description of 12 operations is linked from the docs, with request samples in cURL, Python, PHP, Node.js and C# on the main operations", "Rate limits are published as 100 requests per 10 seconds per IP address and 100 concurrent synchronous PDF requests per account", "Regional endpoints in Singapore, Frankfurt, N. Virginia and Sydney process and store requests and output in the region, per the API reference", "The SLA page commits to 99.9 per cent monthly availability for the REST API and dashboard, with service credits of 10 to 50 per cent", "Free plan of 50 images or PDFs a month with no card, and output can skip vendor storage with `export_type=file` or `cloud_storage=0`" ], "weaknesses": [ "One API key per account or team with no scopes or read-only mode, and `GET /v2/delete-object` deletes a file with a GET request", "No changelog, release notes or dated deprecation notices were found, and the terms allow the service to change with or without notice", "The five SDK repositories each hold a generated client committed on 17 September 2023, with no tags, no licence file and placeholder install commands", "The first-request guide names `rest-eu` and `rest-sg` hostnames and a US default, while the API reference names `rest-de` and `rest-us` and a Singapore default", "Errors are documented as one `status` and `message` object with no status codes listed, and no idempotency key exists for generation calls", "The terms of use forbid any robot or other automatic device accessing the Site or Service, and bar load or vulnerability testing without agreement. This matters before any probe is run" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key in the `X-API-KEY` header and pick the regional host first, because requests and output are processed and stored in that region", "Call `GET /v2/list-templates` with `with_layer_info=1` before `POST /v2/create-image`, so the `name` values in `overrides` match the template's elements", "Set `meta` to your own reference on each generation and check `GET /v2/list-objects` before retrying, since there is no idempotency key", "Set `expiration` in minutes (1 to 10080) or `export_type=file` for sensitive output. By default the download URL does not expire", "For `async=1` you must pass `webhook_url`. The callback is a GET with the result in the query string, retried three times", "On HTTP 429 pause and retry on your own schedule. The docs give no `Retry-After` header or backoff interval" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 46.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 49, "maintenance": 11, "payments": 30, "reliability": 65, "schema": 52, "security": 53, "transparency": 58 }, "provenanceScore": 59 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST \"https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2/create-image?template_id=TEMPLATE_ID\" -H \"X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"overrides\": [{\"name\": \"title\", \"text\": \"Hello World\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/design.templates", "tool": "https://letme.dev/apitemplate-io" }, "area": "design-diagrams", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "PDF Basic", "unit": "month", "usd": 24, "note": "3,000 PDFs a month, 20 templates. $19 a month billed annually" }, { "item": "PDF Standard", "unit": "month", "usd": 89, "note": "12,000 PDFs a month, 180 templates. $69 a month billed annually" }, { "item": "PDF Enterprise", "unit": "month", "usd": 179, "note": "25,000 PDFs a month, unlimited templates, own storage. $139 a month billed annually" }, { "item": "Starter (image and PDF)", "unit": "month", "usd": 35, "note": "1,500 images or PDFs a month, 15 templates. $29 a month billed annually" }, { "item": "Standard (image and PDF)", "unit": "month", "usd": 89, "note": "9,000 images or PDFs a month, 150 templates. $69 a month billed annually" }, { "item": "Enterprise (image and PDF)", "unit": "month", "usd": 179, "note": "20,000 images or PDFs a month, unlimited templates, own storage. $139 a month billed annually" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd", "domain": "apitemplate.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://apitemplate.io/terms-of-use/", "privacy": "https://apitemplate.io/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.apitemplate.io/", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The terms of use name Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd, a Singapore company. The DPA gives Unique Entity Number 201902224G and an address at 50 Lakeside Drive, Singapore 648315.", "The terms of use are dated 8 April 2022. They are the customer contract for the service and its APIs, covering subscriptions, fees, content and termination.", "The privacy policy is dated 21 January 2024 and covers the websites, the app and the APIs. It holds the sub-processor list and the storage regions.", "A Data Processing Agreement with standard contractual clauses is at apitemplate.io/data-processing-agreement/, and an SLA dated 13 February 2020 at apitemplate.io/service-level-agreement/.", "The API answers at rest.apitemplate.io and regional hosts under apitemplate.io, per the API reference. We sent no request to an API host.", "apitemplate.io/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "The status page is hosted by UptimeRobot. Its figures load by script from a path its robots.txt disallows.", "No changelog or release notes page was found on the site, in the docs or in the SDK repositories.", "The domain's registration date was not established. rdap.org answered 404 for apitemplate.io." ], "score": 59 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apitemplate-io.json", "live": { "slug": "apitemplate-io", "probe": { "target": "https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:54:46.129526623Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 540, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 565, "p95ms24h": 1551, "samples24h": 115, "samples30d": 115, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 30, "ok": 30 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.apitemplate.io", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T00:50:05.907079503Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://apitemplate.io/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:32:36.641195644Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a0f620060789" }, { "url": "https://apitemplate.io/terms-of-use/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:32:39.292785112Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "d94d8af8dfe8" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:54:46.129526623Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Adobe", "b": "Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://photoshop-api.adobe.io", "b": "https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under APITemplate.io's Terms of Use. The SDK repositories have no licence file, and the Python client's `setup.py` names Apache 2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "0", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-08", "b": "none", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-10-24", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "498 npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "1.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "APITemplate.io scores 46.6 (D) on agent readiness against Adobe Photoshop API's 43.9 (E), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Adobe Photoshop API leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Adobe Photoshop API or APITemplate.io?" }, { "answer": "Adobe Photoshop API uses an OAuth sign-in. APITemplate.io needs an API key.", "question": "Do Adobe Photoshop API and APITemplate.io need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Adobe Photoshop API has a hosted endpoint at https://photoshop-api.adobe.io and APITemplate.io at https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2.", "question": "Can an agent call Adobe Photoshop API and APITemplate.io without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 70 against 52", "Security \u0026 auth, 62 against 53", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 42 against 11" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Enterprise creative operations already on Adobe that automate PSD templating, actions and retouching at volume.", "slug": "adobe-photoshop-api", "watchFor": "Enterprise contract only. 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Photoshop API vs Creatomate", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-creatomate" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-placid.json", "title": "Adobe Photoshop API vs Placid API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-placid" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-shotstack.json", "title": "Adobe Photoshop API vs Shotstack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-shotstack" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-templated.json", "title": "Adobe Photoshop API vs Templated API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-templated" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apitemplate-io-vs-bannerbear.json", "title": "APITemplate.io vs Bannerbear API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apitemplate-io-vs-bannerbear" }, 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-photoroom.json", "title": "Adobe Photoshop API vs Photoroom API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-photoroom" } ], "scores": [ { "adobe-photoshop-api": 55, "apitemplate-io": 65, "by": 10, "edge": "apitemplate-io", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "adobe-photoshop-api": 70, "apitemplate-io": 52, "by": 18, "edge": "adobe-photoshop-api", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "adobe-photoshop-api": 36, "apitemplate-io": 49, "by": 13, "edge": "apitemplate-io", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "adobe-photoshop-api": 62, "apitemplate-io": 53, "by": 9, "edge": "adobe-photoshop-api", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "adobe-photoshop-api": 0, "apitemplate-io": 30, "by": 30, "edge": "apitemplate-io", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "adobe-photoshop-api": 42, "apitemplate-io": 11, "by": 31, "edge": "adobe-photoshop-api", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "adobe-photoshop-api": 59, "apitemplate-io": 59, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "APITemplate.io scores 46.6 (D) on agent readiness against Adobe Photoshop API's 43.9 (E), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. 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Both do design templates.\n\n- Adobe Photoshop API: grade E, 43.9/100, rank #879 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-photoshop-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/adobe-photoshop-api.json\n- APITemplate.io: grade D, 46.6/100, rank #850 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apitemplate-io.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/apitemplate-io.json\n- Best programmatic image and design asset APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/design-assets/index.md\n- All 45 assets comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/design-assets/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Adobe Photoshop API (E)\n\nGood for: Enterprise creative operations already on Adobe that automate PSD templating, actions and retouching at volume.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 70 against 52\n- Security \u0026 auth, 62 against 53\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 42 against 11\n\nWatch for: Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up, free tier or public price\n\n### APITemplate.io (D)\n\nGood for: Owners who need invoices, certificates, reports and social images filled from templates, with HTML, URL and Markdown to PDF on the same key and a choice of storage region.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 65 against 55\n- Agent ergonomics, 49 against 36\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 0\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: One API key per account or team with no scopes or read-only mode, and `GET /v2/delete-object` deletes a file with a GET request\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Adobe Photoshop API | APITemplate.io | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 65 | APITemplate.io +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 52 | Adobe Photoshop API +18 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 36 | 49 | APITemplate.io +13 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 62 | 53 | Adobe Photoshop API +9 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 30 | APITemplate.io +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 11 | Adobe Photoshop API +31 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 59 | even |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -4 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **43.9 · E** | **46.6 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Adobe Photoshop API | APITemplate.io |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Adobe | Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://photoshop-api.adobe.io` | `https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under APITemplate.io's Terms of Use. The SDK repositories have no licence file, and the Python client's `setup.py` names Apache 2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | none | 0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-08 | none |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-24 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 498 npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 1.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Adobe Photoshop API.** Edits real PSDs, including text layers, smart objects, layer effects, groups and artboards. Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up, free tier or public price.\n\n**APITemplate.io.** A public OpenAPI description covers 12 operations, with rate limits, four regional endpoints and a 99.9 per cent uptime SLA published. Each account or team has one unscoped API key, no changelog or deprecation notices were found, the SDK repositories date from September 2023, and two documentation pages name different regional hostnames.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Adobe Photoshop API\n\n1. Call v2 paths on photoshop-api.adobe.io. Remove background and its status live on image.adobe.io\n2. Skip @adobe/photoshop-apis and the getting-started curl, which still target v1 /pie/psdService paths\n3. Poll /v2/status/{jobId} or subscribe to I/O Events, since every call returns a job\n4. Retry only 5xx and 429, using retry-after and at most three attempts\n5. Cache the IMS token and refresh it before 24 hours run out\n\n### APITemplate.io\n\n1. Send the key in the `X-API-KEY` header and pick the regional host first, because requests and output are processed and stored in that region\n2. Call `GET /v2/list-templates` with `with_layer_info=1` before `POST /v2/create-image`, so the `name` values in `overrides` match the template's elements\n3. Set `meta` to your own reference on each generation and check `GET /v2/list-objects` before retrying, since there is no idempotency key\n4. Set `expiration` in minutes (1 to 10080) or `export_type=file` for sensitive output. By default the download URL does not expire\n5. For `async=1` you must pass `webhook_url`. The callback is a GET with the result in the query string, retried three times\n6. On HTTP 429 pause and retry on your own schedule. The docs give no `Retry-After` header or backoff interval\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Adobe Photoshop API or APITemplate.io?\n\nAPITemplate.io scores 46.6 (D) on agent readiness against Adobe Photoshop API's 43.9 (E), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Adobe Photoshop API leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Adobe Photoshop API and APITemplate.io need an API key?\n\nAdobe Photoshop API uses an OAuth sign-in. APITemplate.io needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Adobe Photoshop API and APITemplate.io without installing anything?\n\nYes. Adobe Photoshop API has a hosted endpoint at https://photoshop-api.adobe.io and APITemplate.io at https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-apitemplate-io.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-apitemplate-io.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"adobe-photoshop-api\", \"b\": \"apitemplate-io\"}`. 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